Philip michel



(No Model P. MICHEL. WINDOW SHADE.

'Patented Dec. 25, 1883.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ PHILIP MICHEL, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK.

WlNDOW-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,698, dated December 25, 1883.

Application filed October 31, 1883.

To all whom 't may cocern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP MICHEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stapleton, in the County of Richnond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Inprovenents in Window-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of window-shades; and it consists of asinple and inexpensive method of finishing the ends thereof either with or without the addition of ornanients or fringes, as shown in the accompanying drztwings, of which* Figure 1 is an edge View of the lower part of u shade with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the hinder, taken on line w a; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view of the binder as used without the additiona-l ornanent or fringe.

The same letters refer to the same parts throughout.

In my improvement the lower end of the shade A, which may be made of any suitable material, is simply folded, as shown at b, Figs.` l and 2, upon itself, without stitching or sewing, which injures the teXture of the shade. Upon the enlargement or fold thus made I slide a wooden binder, B, which is provided with a groove, b', so forncd as to hold the binder upon the folded end of the shade.

When it is desired to add a, fringe or other ornament, as C, the same should be woven with a cord or enlargenent at the edge, as shown at (No model.)

c, and the binder B is then provided with two i grooves, as shown ait b' c', Fig. 3, the one of which grooves permits the binder to be slid upon the shade, and the other similar-ly permits the fringe to be slid into the binder.

The binder B is best constructed of two pieces of wood, properly forned, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and glued or otherwise secured together, thus forming a cheap and duroble means of finishing the ends of window-shades.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s*-

l. In awindow-shade, the wooden binder B,

PHILIP MICHEL.

Witnesses:

BENJ. T. RHOADS, Jr., J. H. CHESLEY. 

